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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1407 

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month 

waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with 

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2019 

Mr. MOULTON (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. 

AGUILAR, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CASE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 

Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COLLINS of 

New York, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 

DELGADO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. EMMER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FITZPATRICK, 

Mr. FOSTER, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GIBBS, 

Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK, Ms. 

HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. HOLDING, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HURD of Texas, 

Mr. KATKO, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIM, Mr. KIND, 

Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of 

California, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 

Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEADOWS, Ms. 

MENG, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

PETERS, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North 

Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. 

SCHIFF, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SOTO, Ms. 

STEFANIK, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 

TIPTON, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 

VELA, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILD, 

Mr. WOMACK, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. ZELDIN, and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 

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A BILL 

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate 

the five-month waiting period for disability insurance 

benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 

(ALS). 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ALS Disability Insur5 ance Access Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR INDIVID7 UALS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLE8 ROSIS (ALS). 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223 of the Social Security 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 423) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter fol13 lowing subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘or (ii)’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual 

15 who has been medically determined to have 

16 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), for each 

17 month beginning with the first month during all 

18 of which the individual is under a disability and 

19 in which the individual becomes entitled to such 

20 insurance benefits, or (iii)’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 

2 (iii)’’ after ‘‘clause (ii)’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 this section shall apply with respect to applications for dis5 ability insurance benefits filed after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act. 

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